Essays on Medical Tourism

Narratives are extremely important as they act as windows to our soul. In a narrative, a person describes his true the hidden feelings. He takes the listeners or the readers through the emotions and feelings he has been going through with the help of the narrative. Basically, narratives are the picturization of one's thoughts, emotions and experiences. Narratives play great role in the medical field especially for the nurses. It becomes highly important for the nursing professionals to understand the patient in and out in order to portray the true picture of the disease and the patient. Increase in ...

Despite the relative lack of information on the future implications of stem-cell therapies, research has sped ahead (Daley, et al. 793). As an example of the rapid pace of research, the International Society for Stem Cell Research, arguably the biggest international professional organization involved in stem cell research, has been obliged to update its guidelines three times in ten years (Daley, et al. 787). The purpose of this paper is to present some of the controversies evoked by stem cell research and therapies. One of the reasons given for the rapid uptake of stem cell therapies is the appeal ...

PHIL 434 Medical Ethics

Short answers 3 point seach What is medical tourism? Medical tourism is “where patients travel overseas for operations and various invasive therapies.” (Connell 2006, p. 1093).

What are 3 reasons people choose surgeries/procedures in other countries?

1. Economics – Even with health insurance, many procedures can be performed for a fraction of the cost overseas. 2. Quality of care – quality of care is increasing around the world to the near equivalent of Western countries. 3. More options- Even with health insurance, many patients find their health insurance companies limit the kinds of procedures they are able to receive.

What is the commoditization of care?

Turning health care into a commodity that is undifferentiated from other competing ...

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ABSTRAC Developing countries are those countries which have not yet attained economic stability. Most of them thrive on debts and donations from other nations. They rely a lot on what others have to offer them in addition to the little they can produce using their natural resources. Such countries export primary products. They are yet to industrialize so that they can process their products and sell them to other nations as finished products. Developed countries take advantage of the developing countries. They buy their raw products at lower prices, process them, and then sell them back to these nations ...

Article 1: Knowledge and Culture in Tourism Organization Management by Ēriks Lingebērziņš

There is considerable information loss between incoming tour operators and their customers who come from emerging, non-Western markets, yet the extent of this loss resists measurement. It is important to integrate cultural competencies into the management processes and practices of international tourism organizations in order to minimize information loss and contribute to the experience of a diverse range of customers. Cultural competency means more than just hiring staff from various countries or who speak more than one language; it includes values, beliefs, and attitudes. International tourism organizations must constantly be in a learning mode in order to understand the ...

In this 2013 article for Medical Tourism Magazine entitled “Cultural and Linguistic Competency and Medical Tourism’s Bottom Line”, cultural competence and international business communications expert Suzanne Salimbene discusses the need to incorporate cultural competences skills in the training and work of tourism professionals. Although the main focus of the article is cultural competence in the growing field of medical tourism, the points made are acutely applicable to any tourism field from recreational to cultural to adventure tourism. According to Salimbene, one of the primary areas where cultural competence is necessary in tourism is in marketing. Salimbene argues that ...

India is one of the leading countries in the field of science; India has developed regarding medical facilities and innovations. Indian offers international quality services and personalized care and hospitality to patients. India has continued to provide unparalleled surgical services to domestic and international patients. Indian doctors have perfected the art of organ transplant and heart operations that are very expensive to acquire elsewhere. This has drawn patients from Africa and Asian countries whose health institutions have not yet become of class. Indian surgical products for medical tourism are inclusive and very cheap compared to other countries offering these ...

IN THAILAND AND ITS IMPACT ON BEHAVIORAL INTENTION

Abstract The hotel and hospitality industry is expanding as the need for globalization in business operations continues to create much attention. The paper sought to conduct a study on the religious attitudes and behavior that make Muslim consumers subscribe to a particular food or service in hotels across Thailand. The sample for the study was 100 Muslim respondents who are residents as well as visitors. The sample was selected randomly with a structured questionnaire used to collect data from the respondents. Regression analysis was then conducted to determine level of significance ion the relationships between the identified variables and ...

in Thailand and Its Impact on Behavioral Intention

Abstract

The hotel and hospitality industry is expanding as the need for globalization in business operations continues to create much attention. The paper sought to conduct a study on the religious attitudes and behavior that make Muslim consumers subscribe to a particular food or service in hotels across Thailand. The sample for the study was 25 Muslim respondents who are residents as well as visitors. The sample was selected randomly with a structured questionnaire used to collect data from the respondents. Among the key consumers in Thailand are the Muslims who in ...

Abstract

The hotel and hospitality industry is expanding as the need for globalization in business operations continues to create much attention. The paper sought to conduct a study on the religious attitudes and behavior that make Muslim consumers subscribe to a particular food or service in hotels across Thailand. The sample for the study was 100 Muslim respondents who are residents as well as visitors. The sample was selected randomly with a structured questionnaire used to collect data from the respondents. Regression analysis was then conducted to determine level of significance ion the relationships between the identified variables and a ...

Introduction

Global Spa Industry is growing fast and reached the level of $94 billion, which is 58% growth from 2007, while more than 34,000 spas were built since then to achieve the level of 105,000 (McGroarty, 2015). The growth of wellness tourism was even more overwhelming, with a 12.7% growth in 2014 alone and the overall market size of $494 billion (ibid). Others estimate suggest that growing middles class and increasing attention of consumer towards wellness and travel made the industry worth more than $3.4 trillion as for 2014, and emerging markets are growing faster than developed (Reaney, ...

International Resort and Spa Management

Introduction 5 Findings and Analysis/Theoretical Implications 6 S-O-R Model 6 Wellness Theory 7 Motivation Theory 8 Cue Utilization Theory 10 Chinese Medical Theory 11 Conclusion 12

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International Resort and Spa Management Background and Problem Statement There is an immense pressure for the Chief Executive Officer of the World Resorts Sensosa, Singapore to earn a 5-star rating on the next annual spa review. To make this goal more achievable the implementation of a new customer service management system called NEC in the Resort’s spa and salon. Management’s objective for the system was to enhance customer service by monitoring ...

The main mission of Trinity Community Hospital and all of the members that make up the entire organization is to be able to provide the highest possible quality of medical and health care services to its patients. The hospital aims to do this by employing some of the best management team and medical and health care team members in the field. The hospital believes that hiring the best people in the field is one of the surest ways how it can return the favor to its main partners, the patients. The hospital also invests heavily in key infrastructure improvements ...

In the last one hundred years, the way we communicate and transport ourselves around the globe has changed with much development. Mobile phones and airplane travel has become extremely popular and even cheaper. You can travel across the globe in fourteen hours. Before airplanes, humans used ferries to travel around, taking months to get to their destination. In recent years, social networking has become very popular and it really helps people connect to each other from all over the world. They can share all the information they would like. For example, they share information on good places to ...

Business Plan

List of Tables and Figures 2 Company & Services Description 3 1.1. Company Overview: 3 1.2. Vision 3 1.3. Mission 3 1.4. Services: 3

Marketing Plan 5

2.1. Market Analysis: 5 2.1.1. Target Market & Industry Growth 5 2.1.2. Market Gap 6 2.1.3. Target Market & Industry Forecast 6 2.1.4. Porters’ Five Force Model: 7 2.1.5. SWOT Analysis 7 2.2. Marketing Mix Strategy 8 2.4.1 Product Strategy: Expand Market Share 8 2.4.2 Pricing Strategy: Leader pricing 8 2.4.3 Place Strategy: Zero Level Channel 9 2.4.4 Promotion Strategy: 9

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Other Current and Emerging Issues in Health Care

Lesson4:1-Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Consent Lesson 4:2- Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Reproductive and End-of-Life Issues Lesson 4:3 -The Impact of Globalization & Emerging Technology Abstract This document contains three essays pertaining to the lesson entitled ‘Other Current and Emerging Issues in Health Care’ outlining three subject areas. Lesson4:1 relates Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Consent; Lesson 4:2- Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Reproductive and End-of-Life Issues and Lesson 4:3 -The Impact of Globalization & Emerging Technology. Lesson4:1-Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Consent Question 1:- Case Study, Mrs. Mary Smith.

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Introduction and Background

In the past 60 years, India has crossed major milestones in healthcare such as greater life expectancy, decrease in infant death rate, wiping out leprosy and eliminating small pox. Regardless of the progress, India’s healthcare demonstrates crude inequalities. At one end of the spectrum is the rise in medical tourism, pulling in more than 2 lac global patients in 2006. At the other end, curable diseases like diarrhoea and malnutrition, particularly of children below 3 years, are continually predominant. Likewise, in comparison to South Asian countries like Bangladesh, Indonesia and China, vaccinations in India are still ...

Introduction:

In this seminal book which is around 400 pages long, the author manages to cram a detailed history of the Middle eastern problem from the early years of the 1800’s to the present day. He succinctly manages to combine what occurred in the Colonial period where the Arab peoples were consistently exploited for their rich natural resources while he also manages to keep an open mind on other issues such as the traditions of Islam as well as several intrinsic problems which permeate the area and which have continued to this day. Essentially Mansfield offers a study of the ...

Introduction:

The Arab Spring has brought about intrinsic changes in the way in which we view the countries which make up the Arab world. From relatively peaceful uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia to the bloodbaths in Libya and Syria (and to a lesser extent, Bahrain), we have seen the protests against totalitarian and authorative dictatorships. In this sense, countries such as Jordan and Morocco have also experienced protests although these have been on a much smaller scale than those seen in other Arab countries and the countries’ respective leaders have been quick to implement political reforms to assuage their respective populations.

Key events in Jordan

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Analysis of health care market in India

Health care companies servicing the health care market in India can be broadly classified into three categories; hospitals, health care insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies. In each of these categories of companies, there are specific companies that have established themselves as market leaders in the provision of health care services in India.

The specific leading hospital companies in India are Apollo Hospitals which operates a chain of hospitals in India’s major cities, Wockhardt Hospitals which also operates a chain of hospitals targeting high end clients and Fortis Health Care which also operates a chain of hospitals and medical clinics throughout India ( ...